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<span class=large>THE PROVERBS</span>
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CHAPTER 26
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Honor is not seemly for a fool—Answer not a fool according to his folly—Where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
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As</span> snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 12: 9; D&C 121: 35.">honour</a> is not seemly for a fool.
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As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 16: 2 (1-4).">Answer</a> a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/26/5b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR own eyes (also v. 12, 16).">own</a> conceit.
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He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, <i>and</i> drinketh <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/6a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR violence, injury.">damage</a>.
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The legs of the lame are not equal: so <i>is</i> a parable in the mouth of fools.
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As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so <i>is</i> he that giveth honour to a fool.
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<i>As</i> a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so <i>is</i> a parable in the mouth of fools.
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The great <i>God</i> that formed all <i>things</i> both <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reward.">rewardeth</a> the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
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As a dog returneth to his <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Pet. 2: 22; 3 Ne. 7: 8.">vomit</a>, <i>so</i> a fool returneth to his folly.
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Seest thou a man wise in his own <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rom. 11: 25; Rom. 12: 16.">conceit</a>?  <i>there is</i> more hope of a <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/26/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="Prov. 29: 20.">fool</a> than of him.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Laziness.">slothful</a> <i>man </i>saith,<i> There is</i> a lion in the way; a lion <i>is</i> in the streets.
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<i>As</i> the door turneth upon his hinges, so <i>doth</i> the slothful upon his bed.
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The slothful hideth his hand in <i>his</i> bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
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The sluggard <i>is</i> wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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He that passeth by, <i>and</i> meddleth with strife <i>belonging</i> not to him, <i>is like</i> one that <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/17a" mark="a" type="D" title="Dogs were not pets in Israel, but typically ran wild; one seized by the ears would certainly bite its attacker.">taketh</a> a dog by the ears.
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As a mad <i>man</i> who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
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So <i>is</i> the man <i>that</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 10: 25 (25-28).">deceiveth</a> his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
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Where no wood is, <i>there</i> the fire goeth out: so where <i>there is</i> no <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Gossip.">talebearer</a>, the <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/26/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 4: 9 (8-9); Alma 16: 18.">strife</a> ceaseth.
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<i>As</i> coals <i>are</i> to burning coals, and wood to fire; so <i>is</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Contention.">contentious</a> man to kindle strife.
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The words of a talebearer <i>are </i>as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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Burning lips and a wicked heart <i>are like</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/23a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE a broken piece of an earthen vessel.">potsherd</a> covered with silver dross.
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He that <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hate.">hateth</a> dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/26/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Deceit.">deceit</a> within him;
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When he <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 28: 3; Isa. 9: 17.">speaketh</a> fair, believe him not: for <i>there are</i> seven abominations in his heart.
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<i>Whose</i> hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 14: 3 (2-3); Alma 37: 21.">shewed</a> before the <i>whole</i> congregation.
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Whoso diggeth a <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 28: 10; 1 Ne. 14: 3; 1 Ne. 22: 14; 2 Ne. 28: 8; D&C 109: 25.">pit</a> shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
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A <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/26/28a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Gossip.">lying</a> tongue hateth <i>those that are</i> afflicted by it; and a <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/26/28b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Flattery.">flattering</a> mouth worketh ruin.
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